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Benson Season 2 Episodes
Season 2 Episode Guide
22 Episodes 1980 - 1981
Episode 1
Thick as Thieves
Fri, Oct 31, 1980 30 mins
Benson and Miss Kraus (Robert Guillaume, Inga Swenson) are taken hostage in a holdup. Clayton: Rene Auberjonois. Pete: Ethan Phillips. Stan: Clyde Kusatsu. Kurt: Pierrino Mascarino.
Episode 2
Benson in the Hospital
Fri, Nov 7, 1980 30 mins
Benson is hospitalized for tests on a malady that defies diagnosis. Dr. Phillips: James Callahan. Governor: James Noble. Nurse: Ysabel MacCloskey. Miss Kraus: Inga Swenson.
Episode 3
Fool's Gold
Fri, Nov 14, 1980 30 mins
Benson uncovers a 140-year-old love letter with clues to a gold hoard hidden in the mansion. Frankie: Jerry Seinfeld. Governor: James Noble. Miss Kraus: Inga Swenson. Clayton: Rene Auberjonois.
Episode 4
Masquerade
Fri, Nov 21, 1980 30 mins
A mansion masquerade party for an ambassador (Julio Medina) is crashed by would-be assassins. Benson: Robert Guillaume. Alonzo: Luis Avalos. Governor: James Noble. Howard: Carlos Rivas.
Episode 5
First Lady
Fri, Nov 28, 1980 30 mins
Preparations for a reception are capped by a jealous Katie's disappearance. Benson: Robert Guillaume. Katie: Missy Gold. Ralph: Alex Henteloff. Governor: James Noble. Whitley: Warren Munson.
Episode 6
Citizen Kraus
Fri, Dec 12, 1980 30 mins
Miss Kraus stands to inherit a Bavarian hostelry---but only if she returns to Germany. Benson: Robert Guillaume. Governor: James Noble. Pruitt: Ray Stewart. Frankie: Jerry Seinfeld. Katie: Missy Gold.
Episode 7
Benson's Groupie
Fri, Dec 19, 1980 30 mins
Benson returns from the Caribbean pursued by a brazen beauty, just in time to attend the Governor's clergymen conference. Casey: Beverly Todd. Governor: James Noble. Priest: Bob Delegall. Marcy: Caroline McWilliams.
Episode 8
In High Places
Fri, Jan 9, 1981 30 mins
The pilot on the Governor's plane becomes ill---and there's no copilot. Robert Guillaume, James Noble. Marcy: Caroline McWilliams. Clayton: Rene Auberjonois. Pete: Ethan Phillips. Miss Kraus: Inga Swenson.
Episode 9
Old School Ties
Fri, Jan 16, 1981 30 mins
The Governor's sister Libby thinks that Katie should be sent to boarding school. Katie: Missy Gold. Benson: Robert Guillaume. Governor: James Noble. Kraus: Inga Swenson.
Episode 10
The Apartment
Fri, Jan 23, 1981 30 mins
Benson's hopes for peace and privacy in his apartment die a noisy death. Benson: Robert Guillaume. Rhoda: Fay Hauser. Pete: Ethan Phillips. Clayton: Rene Auberjonois. Marcy: Caroline McWilliams.
Episode 11
Big Buddy
Fri, Feb 6, 1981 30 mins
Benson becomes a Big Buddy to an unruly 9-year-old (Shavar Ross). Governor: James Noble. Hopkins: Wendell W. Wright. Kraus: Inga Swenson. Grunning: Ben Piazza. Marcy: Caroline McWilliams.
Episode 12
Fireside Chat
Fri, Feb 13, 1981 30 mins
Marcy falls for the producer of the Governor's fireside-chat telecast. Dan: Ted Danson. Benson: Robert Guillaume. Stage Manager: Hilton Smack. Governor: James Noble.
Episode 13
Marcy's Wedding
Fri, Feb 20, 1981 30 mins
The plans for Marcy's wedding at the mansion are altered by her bossy mother (Allyn Ann McLerie). Caroline McWilliams, Robert Guillaume. Dan: Ted Danson. Governor: James Noble. Uncle Henry: Robert Rockwell.
Episode 14
Rivals
Fri, Feb 27, 1981 30 mins
Miss Kraus's cousin arrives from Germany expecting to find the cook wed to the Governor. Kraus: Inga Swenson. Benson: Robert Guillaume. Marcy: Caroline McWilliams. Governor: James Noble.
Episode 15
No Sad Songs
Fri, Mar 6, 1981 30 mins
A visit from Benson's mother provides a sentimental and happy time for her son, and an unexpectedly poignant farewell. Benson: Robert Guillaume. Clayton: Rene Auberjonois. Tucker: Earl Boen. Governor: James Noble.
Episode 16
Clayton, Go Home
Fri, Mar 13, 1981 30 mins
Clayton winds up on a mob's hit list after blowing the whistle on a bribery scheme. McDermott: Ed Peck. Benson: Robert Guillaume. Caldwell: James Staley. Governor: James Noble.
Episode 17
Easy Kid Stuff
Fri, Mar 20, 1981 30 mins
Benson's "little brother" runs away from his uncaring stepmother. Benson: Robert Guillaume. Hopkins: Wendell W. Wright. Governor: James Noble. Marcy: Caroline McWilliams. Miss Kraus: Inga Swenson.
Episode 18
Homework
Fri, Apr 3, 1981 30 mins
Vignettes spotlight members of Katie's household as she describes them in a essay. Katie: Missy Gold. Benson: Robert Guillaume. Governor: James Noble. Miss Kraus: Inga Swenson. Marcy: Caroline McWilliams. Clayton: Rene Auberjonois.
Episode 19
Handwriting on the Wall
Fri, Apr 10, 1981 30 mins
Protests against an anti-conservation bill crop up in green-crayoned mail and on the living-room wall. Robert Guillaume. McDermott: Ed Peck. Governor: James Noble. Marcy: Caroline McWilliams. Clayton: Rene Auberjonois.
Episode 20
The Governor's House Call
Fri, May 8, 1981 30 mins
The Governor, Benson and Clayton are trapped in a bordello with a muckraking columnist. Benson: Robert Guillaume. Peggy: Cynthia Harris. Governor: James Noble. Beddoes: Jordan Charney.
Episode 21
All Shook Up
Fri, May 15, 1981 30 mins
An earthquake pins Benson under a filing cabinet and traps him and Clayton in a storage room. Clayton: Rene Auberjonois. McDermott: Ed Peck. Rescue Worker: Shelly Batt. Pete: Ethan Phillips.
Episode 22
Lifesaver
Fri, May 22, 1981 30 mins
Benson discovers that a sour Kraus is definitely better than a grateful one after he saves her from choking to death. Kraus: Inga Swenson. Man with Cigar: Dave Cass. Governor: James Noble.